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... origin of man . A golden egg was produced in the universal waters , from which in course of time came forth Prajapati , the progenitor - or , the quiescent Universal Soul , xii INTRODUCTION . Brahma , took a creative form as.
... origin of man . A golden egg was produced in the universal waters , from which in course of time came forth Prajapati , the progenitor - or , the quiescent Universal Soul , xii INTRODUCTION . Brahma , took a creative form as.
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John Dowson. xii INTRODUCTION . Brahma , took a creative form as Brahma the Prajāpati . From the Prajapati , or great ... Prajapati was the progenitor of all mankind by a female produced from himself . Before the times of the Brah- manas ...
John Dowson. xii INTRODUCTION . Brahma , took a creative form as Brahma the Prajāpati . From the Prajapati , or great ... Prajapati was the progenitor of all mankind by a female produced from himself . Before the times of the Brah- manas ...
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... a span in length , he was called Māna . Though he is thus associated in his birth with Vasishtha , he is evidently later in date , and he is not one of the Prajapatis . His name . AGASTYA . 5 Agastya , is derived by a forced.
... a span in length , he was called Māna . Though he is thus associated in his birth with Vasishtha , he is evidently later in date , and he is not one of the Prajapatis . His name . AGASTYA . 5 Agastya , is derived by a forced.
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... Prajapatis or progenitors of man- kind . In later times Angiras was one of the inspired lawgivers , and also a writer on ... Prajapati , and that " they strove together for the priority in ascending to heaven . " ANGIRASAS - ANSUMAT . 17 ...
... Prajapatis or progenitors of man- kind . In later times Angiras was one of the inspired lawgivers , and also a writer on ... Prajapati , and that " they strove together for the priority in ascending to heaven . " ANGIRASAS - ANSUMAT . 17 ...
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... Prajapati Vasishtha . The name of Āpava is of late intro- duction and has been vaguely used . Wilson says : " According to the commentator , the first stage was the creation of Āpava or Vasishtha or Viraj by Vishnu , through the agency ...
... Prajapati Vasishtha . The name of Āpava is of late intro- duction and has been vaguely used . Wilson says : " According to the commentator , the first stage was the creation of Āpava or Vasishtha or Viraj by Vishnu , through the agency ...
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According Aditi Agni Arjuna Asuras Aswins Avatāra Bala-rāma became Bhāgavata Bharata Bhima Bhishma Bhrigu Bibliotheca Indica birth born Brahman Brihaspati brother called celebrated chariot curse Daitya Daksha Dasa-ratha daughter of Daksha deity demon descended Dhrita-rashtra divine drama Draupadi Drona Dur-yodhana Durgā earth father female fire forest Gandharvas Ganges gave goddess gods Hari-vansa heaven Hindu horse husband hymns incarnation India Indra Karna Kāsī Kasyapa Kauravas killed king Krishna Kshatriya Kuvera Lakshmana legend Linga lord Lunar race Mahā-bhārata Manu Meru mother mountain Nala nymph ocean Pandavas Pandu Parasu-rāma personified Pitris poem Prajapati priest princes Purāna Rāja Rakshasas Rāma Rāmāyana Rāvana represented Rig-veda Rishi river Rudra sacrifice sage Sanhita Sanskrit Saraswati Satapatha Brahmana says serpent seven Sītā Siva Solar race Soma sons sprang story told translated Upanishad Varuna Vasishtha Vayu Vedas Vedic verses Vishnu Vishnu Purāna Viswamitra Vyasa wife worship Yadavas Yajnawalkya Yama Yudhi-shthira
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Page x - Nowhere is the wide distance which separates the ancient poems of India from the most ancient literature of Greece more clearly felt than when we compare the growing myths of the Veda with the full-grown and decayed myths on which the poetry of Homer is founded. The Veda is the real Theogony of the Aryan races, while that of Hesiod is a distorted caricature of the original image.
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